Rocco Passionino

Visual Effects Supervisor/Creative Director
(310) 838-0770.office, (310) 497-7091.cell, rpassionino@yahoo.com

Zoic Studios, Culver City, CA 90232 - July 2002 to Present
VFX Supervisor
– Overseeing the design and look for the visual effect production and post-production work. Includes onset supervision, 2nd Unit shooting and 2D and 3D aspects for shows.

     Hot Tub Time Machine 2 (MGM): Production On-set Visual Effects Supervisor
     Killing Kennedy (National Geographic): Production On-set Visual Effects Supervisor
     You’re Not You (Daryl Prince Productions): Production On-set Visual Effects Supervisor
     Grown Ups 2 (Sony): Production/Vendor Visual Effects Supervisor
     Backmask (Voltage Pictures): Vendor Visual Effects Supervisor
     Battle Of The Year (Screen Gems): Vendor Visual Effects Supervisor
     Twilight: Breaking Dawn - Part 2 (Summit): Vendor Visual Effects Supervisor
     The Bling Ring (FilmNation): Production/Vendor Visual Effects Supervisor
     The Gangster Squad (Warner Brothers): Vendor Visual Effects Supervisor
     That’s My Boy (Columbia Pictures): Vendor Visual Effects Supervisor
     Think Like A Man (Screen Gems): Production/Vendor Visual Effects Supervisor
     Premium Rush (Sony Pictures): Vendor Visual Effects Supervisor
     Thirty Minutes Or Less  (Sony Pictures): Vendor Visual Effects Supervisor
     Friends With Benefits  (Sony Pictures): Vendor Visual Effects Supervisor
     Jumping The Broom  (TriStar Pictures): Vendor Visual Effects Supervisor
     Just Go With It (Sony Pictures): Vendor Visual Effects Supervisor
     How Do You Know (Columbia Pictures): Production/Vendor Visual Effects Supervisor
     Country Strong (Screen Gems): Production/Vendor Visual Effects Supervisor
     Burlesque (Screen Gems): Production/Vendor Visual Effects Supervisor
     Red (Summit/Universal): Vendor Visual Effects Supervisor
     Devil (Universal): Vendor Visual Effects Supervisor
     Limitless (Relativity): Production/Vendor Visual Effects Supervisor
     Priest (Screen Gems): Vendor Visual Effects Supervisor
     Straw Dogs (Screen Gems): Production/Vendor Visual Effects Supervisor
     The Roommate (Screen Gems): Production/Vendor Visual Effects Supervisor
     The Karate Kid (Columbia Pictures): Vendor Visual Effects Supervisor
     Easy A (Screen Gems): Production/Vendor Visual Effects Supervisor
     Mardi Gras: Spring Break (Screen Gems): Production/Vendor Visual Effects Supervisor
     Death At A Funeral (Screen Gems): Production/Vendor Visual Effects Supervisor
     Takers (Screen Gems): Production/Vendor Visual Effects Supervisor
     The Stepfather (Screen Gems): Production/Vendor Visual Effects Supervisor
     Zombieland (Columbia Pictures): Vendor Visual Effects Supervisor
     Armored (Screen Gems): Production/Vendor Visual Effects Supervisor
     Obsessed (Screen Gems): Production/Vendor Visual Effects Supervisor
     Fired Up! (Screen Gems): Production/Vendor Visual Effects Supervisor
     Quarantined (Screen Gems): Production/Vendor Visual Effects Supervisor
     Lakeview Terrace (Overbrook): Production/Vendor Visual Effects Supervisor
     First Sunday (Screen Gems): Vendor Visual Effects Supervisor
     Mirrors (New Regency): Vendor Visual Effects Supervisor
     Step Brothers (Sony): Production/Vendor Visual Effects Supervisor
     This Christmas (Screen Gems): Vendor Visual Effects Supervisor
     Pineapple Express (Screen Gems): Vendor Visual Effects Supervisor
     Prom Night (Screen Gems): Production/Vendor Visual Effects Supervisor
     Stomp the Yard (Screen Gems): Vendor Visual Effects Supervisor
     Vacancy (Screen Gems): Production/Vendor Visual Effects Supervisor
     Deuce Bigalow 2 (Sony): Production/Vendor Visual Effects Supervisor – 96 shots
     The Day After Tomorrow (20th Century Fox): Vendor Visual Effects Supervisor – 47 shots
     Spiderman 2 (Sony): Vendor Visual Effects Supervisor – 14 shots

 Visual Effects Supervisor for episodic television shows: Hemlock Grove (Netflix), Resurrection (ABC), The Saint (MPCA/Silver Screen), Castle (ABC), Life Unexpected (CW), Dollhouse (Fox), Prison Break (Fox), Criminal Minds (CBS/Paramount), Shark (CBS/Imagine), Viva Laughlin (CBS/BBC), Standoff(FOX), Threshold(Paramount/CBS), Point Pleasant (Fox), Miracles (ABC/Touchstone), Angel (WB/20th Century Fox).


Radium, Santa Monica, CA 90404 – December 2001 to June 2002
Oversaw both the 2D and 3D aspects of the pilot. The work garnered a 2003 Primetime Emmy Award for Outstanding Special Visual Effects in a Television Series.

     Firefly: Serenity (Pilot) (20th Century Fox): Digital Effects Supervisor


VisionArt, Santa Monica, CA 90404 - June 1999 to October 2001
Supervisor work consisted of client interaction, art direction, animation direction, team assignments, creating schedules, and deadlines. Artist work consisted of FX animation (particle work-debris, rain, mist, smoke, fire, explosions), TD, shader writing, color and lighting, procedural modeling and compositing of the shots. The work garnered a 2003 Primetime Emmy Nomination for Outstanding Special Visual Effects in a Miniseries, Movie or Special..

     Point of Origin (HBO Films): Digital Effects Supervisor - 4 shots, 12 artists
     To End All Wars (Lions Gate Films): Digital Effects Supervisor - 18 shots, 22 artists
     Rollerball (MGM/UA): Digital Effects Supervisor - 31 shots, 19 artists
     Dr. Dolittle 2 (20th Century Fox): Digital Effects Supervisor - 62 shots, 42 artists
     Swordfish (WB): Digital Effects Supervisor - 22 shots, 18 artists
     Spy Kids (Dimension Films): Digital Effects Supervisor - 16 shots, 12 artists
     The Painting (Santa Monica Pictures): Visual Effects Supervisor – 28 shots, 14 artists
     Dungeons & Dragons (WB): CG Supervisor - 68 shots, 35 artists
     Little Nicky (New Line): Digital Effects Supervisor - 95 shots, 40 artists
     Digital Artist on Anna & The King, House On Haunted Hill, The Omega Code and LA Times Motion Capture


Centropolis Effects, Culver City, CA, 90232 - November 1997-June 1999
Lead work consisted of managing priorities of effects work load for the entire team. Artist work consisted of FX animation(particle work-debris, rain, mist, smoke, fire, explosions), TD, shader writing, color and lighting, procedural modeling and compositing of the shots.

     End of Days (Universal Pictures): Digital Artist
     Thirteenth Floor (Columbia Pictures): Digital Artist
     Godzilla (Sony): Digital Artist - FX Lead
     Digital Artist on The Faculty, Subaru AWD, Deterrence and Storm of the Century


Digital Domain, Venice, CA 90291 - November 1994-November 1997
Artist work consisted of FX animation (particle work-debris, rain, mist, smoke, fire, explosions), TD, shader writing, color and lighting, procedural modeling and compositing of the shots.

     Titanic (Paramount/20th Century Fox): Digital Artist, Character Integration Lead
     The Fifth Element (Columbia Pictures): Digital Artist
     General Cinemas: Digital Artist
     Terminator 2: 3D (Universal Studios): Digital Artist: Mini-Hunter/Killer Team
     Digital Artist for Apollo 13, Interview with a Vampire and Strange Days.